Best U.S. Dollar / British Pound Exchange Rate Today: 0.8188
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Live rate: 1 USD = 0.8188 GBP (-0.01% )
Inverted: 1 GBP = 1.2213 USD
Provider | Exchange Rate | Fee | Recipient gets | Service | Notes | Action |
Live Market Rate |
0.8188 | 0 | 0.8106 |
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0.8155 (indicative) |
0 | 0.8155 | International Payments and Transfers | Experts in international money transfers for business and individuals, delivering industry-beating exchange rates. | |
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0.8131 (indicative) |
0 | 0.8131 | International Payments and Transfers | Indicative Dealing Desk Quote. Rate can only be applied to transfers in excess of £2000 equivalent. | |
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0.8114 | 0 | 0.8114 | Holiday FX, Cash Delivery | A specialist alternative to banks, bureau de change & the Post Office for clients seeking competitive currency exchange rates. A multiple award-winning company, offering free delivery (over £700.00 , no commission charges, payment by Debit Card or Bank Transfer and typically offering the best exchange rates available. | |
Best Bank Rate ![]() |
0.7959 (upper range) |
Variable | 0.7959 | Payments, transfers, holiday money | Determined using data on spread charges supplied by IMTI | |
Worst Bank Rate ![]() |
0.7901 (lower range) |
Variable | 0.7901 | Payments, transfers, holiday money | Determined using data on spread charges supplied by Money Mover and Accourt | |
Paypal ![]() |
0.7820 | 0 | 0.7820 | International Payments and Transfers | ||
Airport Pickup ![]() |
0.8065 | 0 | 0.8065 | Holiday FX, Cash Delivery | Booking Online prior to pickup is the key to getting a good rate |
USD/GBP Live Chart and Data
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January - 2023
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
1 | 2 Open: 0.8268 Close: 0.8301 Mid: 0.8286 | 3 Open: 0.8301 Close: 0.8356 Mid: 0.8339 | 4 Open: 0.8356 Close: 0.8295 Mid: 0.8318 | 5 Open: 0.8295 Close: 0.8395 Mid: 0.8351 | 6 Open: 0.8395 Close: 0.8269 Mid: 0.8355 | 7 |
8 | 9 Open: 0.8274 Close: 0.8207 Mid: 0.8232 | 10 Open: 0.8207 Close: 0.8230 Mid: 0.8228 | 11 Open: 0.8230 Close: 0.8231 Mid: 0.8238 | 12 Open: 0.8231 Close: 0.8189 Mid: 0.8218 | 13 Open: 0.8189 Close: 0.8174 Mid: 0.8197 | 14 |
15 | 16 Open: 0.8176 Close: 0.8200 Mid: 0.8176 | 17 Open: 0.8200 Close: 0.8138 Mid: 0.8174 | 18 Open: 0.8138 Close: 0.8100 Mid: 0.8101 | 19 Open: 0.8100 Close: 0.8070 Mid: 0.8094 | 20 Open: 0.8070 Close: 0.8066 Mid: 0.8084 | 21 |
22 | 23 Open: 0.8067 Close: 0.8078 Mid: 0.8074 | 24 Open: 0.8078 Close: 0.8104 Mid: 0.8105 | 25 Open: 0.8105 Close: 0.8063 Mid: 0.8101 | 26 Open: 0.8063 Close: 0.8058 Mid: 0.8073 | 27 Open: 0.8058 Close: 0.8067 Mid: 0.8076 | 28 |
29 | 30 Open: 0.8077 Close: 0.8097 Mid: 0.8079 | 31 Open: 0.8097 Close: 0.8119 Mid: 0.8112 |
February - 2023
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
1 Open: 0.8119 Close: 0.8082 Mid: 0.8107 | 2 Open: 0.8082 Close: 0.8180 Mid: 0.8123 | 3 Open: 0.8180 Close: 0.8296 Mid: 0.8226 | 4 | |||
5 | 6 Open: 0.8311 Close: 0.8320 Mid: 0.8305 | 7 Open: 0.8320 Close: 0.8300 Mid: 0.8314 | 8 Open: 0.8300 Close: 0.8284 Mid: 0.8282 | 9 Open: 0.8284 Close: 0.8251 Mid: 0.8248 | 10 Open: 0.8251 Close: 0.8293 Mid: 0.8269 | 11 |
12 | 13 Open: 0.8293 Close: 0.8238 Mid: 0.8271 | 14 Open: 0.8238 Close: 0.8214 Mid: 0.8201 | 15 Open: 0.8214 Close: 0.8310 Mid: 0.8275 | 16 Open: 0.8310 Close: 0.8341 Mid: 0.8320 | 17 Open: 0.8341 Close: 0.8305 Mid: 0.8346 | 18 |
19 | 20 Open: 0.8306 Close: 0.8305 Mid: 0.8309 | 21 Open: 0.8305 Close: 0.8256 Mid: 0.8287 | 22 Open: 0.8256 Close: 0.8302 Mid: 0.8274 | 23 Open: 0.8301 Close: 0.8323 Mid: 0.8310 | 24 Open: 0.8323 Close: 0.8374 Mid: 0.8344 | 25 |
26 | 27 Open: 0.8361 Close: 0.8290 Mid: 0.8337 | 28 Open: 0.8290 Close: 0.8318 Mid: 0.8278 |
March - 2023
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
1 Open: 0.8319 Close: 0.8315 Mid: 0.8315 | 2 Open: 0.8315 Close: 0.8370 Mid: 0.8347 | 3 Open: 0.8370 Close: 0.8303 Mid: 0.8336 | 4 | |||
5 | 6 Open: 0.8314 Close: 0.8315 Mid: 0.8319 | 7 Open: 0.8315 Close: 0.8455 Mid: 0.8373 | 8 Open: 0.8455 Close: 0.8443 Mid: 0.8452 | 9 Open: 0.8443 Close: 0.8386 Mid: 0.8414 | 10 Open: 0.8386 Close: 0.8310 Mid: 0.8326 | 11 |
12 | 13 Open: 0.8311 Close: 0.8208 Mid: 0.8254 | 14 Open: 0.8208 Close: 0.8225 Mid: 0.8217 | 15 Open: 0.8225 Close: 0.8294 Mid: 0.8267 | 16 Open: 0.8294 Close: 0.8258 Mid: 0.8280 | 17 Open: 0.8258 Close: 0.8211 Mid: 0.8230 | 18 |
19 | 20 Open: 0.8192 Close: 0.8144 Mid: 0.8179 | 21 Open: 0.8144 Close: 0.8185 Mid: 0.8176 | 22 Open: 0.8185 Close: 0.8152 Mid: 0.8149 | 23 Open: 0.8151 Close: 0.8139 Mid: 0.8128 | 24 Open: 0.8139 Close: 0.8175 Mid: 0.8169 | 25 |
26 | 27 Open: 0.8173 Close: 0.8138 Mid: 0.8159 | 28 Open: 0.8138 Close: 0.8103 Mid: 0.8120 | 29 Open: 0.8103 Close: 0.8120 Mid: 0.8109 | 30 Open: 0.8120 Close: 0.8073 Mid: 0.8102 | 31 Open: 0.8073 Close: 0.8109 Mid: 0.8081 |
April - 2023
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
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2 | 3 Open: 0.8106 Close: 0.8053 Mid: 0.8098 | 4 Open: 0.8053 Close: 0.8000 Mid: 0.8026 | 5 Open: 0.8000 Close: 0.8024 Mid: 0.8017 | 6 Open: 0.8024 Close: 0.8040 Mid: 0.8032 | 7 Open: 0.8039 Close: 0.8053 Mid: 0.8050 | 8 |
9 | 10 Open: 0.8051 Close: 0.8076 Mid: 0.8069 | 11 Open: 0.8076 Close: 0.8049 Mid: 0.8053 | 12 Open: 0.8049 Close: 0.8010 Mid: 0.8034 | 13 Open: 0.8010 Close: 0.7985 Mid: 0.7995 | 14 Open: 0.7985 Close: 0.8055 Mid: 0.8018 | 15 |
16 | 17 Open: 0.8059 Close: 0.8080 Mid: 0.8067 | 18 Open: 0.8080 Close: 0.8048 Mid: 0.8059 | 19 Open: 0.8048 Close: 0.8039 Mid: 0.8043 | 20 Open: 0.8039 Close: 0.8036 Mid: 0.8041 | 21 Open: 0.8036 Close: 0.8037 Mid: 0.8059 | 22 |
23 | 24 Open: 0.8048 Close: 0.8009 Mid: 0.8033 | 25 Open: 0.8009 Close: 0.8058 Mid: 0.8034 | 26 Open: 0.8058 Close: 0.8020 Mid: 0.8027 | 27 Open: 0.8020 Close: 0.8001 Mid: 0.8020 | 28 Open: 0.8001 Close: 0.7958 Mid: 0.7990 | 29 |
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May - 2023
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
1 Open: 0.7962 Close: 0.8003 Mid: 0.7984 | 2 Open: 0.8003 Close: 0.8021 Mid: 0.8017 | 3 Open: 0.8021 Close: 0.7959 Mid: 0.7983 | 4 Open: 0.7959 Close: 0.7954 Mid: 0.7953 | 5 Open: 0.7953 Close: 0.7917 Mid: 0.7932 | 6 | |
7 | 8 Open: 0.7917 Close: 0.7925 Mid: 0.7911 | 9 Open: 0.7925 Close: 0.7924 Mid: 0.7931 | 10 Open: 0.7924 Close: 0.7921 Mid: 0.7911 | 11 Open: 0.7921 Close: 0.7993 Mid: 0.7956 | 12 Open: 0.7993 Close: 0.8033 Mid: 0.8005 | 13 |
14 | 15 Open: 0.8030 Close: 0.7982 Mid: 0.8007 | 16 Open: 0.7982 Close: 0.8009 Mid: 0.7996 | 17 Open: 0.8009 Close: 0.8008 Mid: 0.8022 | 18 Open: 0.8008 Close: 0.8059 Mid: 0.8037 | 19 Open: 0.8059 Close: 0.8035 Mid: 0.8040 | 20 |
21 | 22 Open: 0.8032 Close: 0.8040 Mid: 0.8036 | 23 Open: 0.8040 Close: 0.8055 Mid: 0.8058 | 24 Open: 0.8055 Close: 0.8087 Mid: 0.8056 | 25 Open: 0.8087 Close: 0.8116 Mid: 0.8099 | 26 Open: 0.8116 Close: 0.8098 Mid: 0.8095 | 27 |
28 | 29 Open: 0.8102 Close: 0.8093 Mid: 0.8095 | 30 Open: 0.8094 Close: 0.8057 Mid: 0.8073 | 31 Open: 0.8057 Close: 0.8038 Mid: 0.8067 |
June - 2023
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
1 Open: 0.8038 Close: 0.7983 Mid: 0.8019 | 2 Open: 0.7983 Close: 0.8032 Mid: 0.8005 | 3 | ||||
4 | 5 Open: 0.8030 Close: 0.8041 Mid: 0.8057 | 6 Open: 0.8042 Close: 0.8049 Mid: 0.8048 | 7 Open: 0.8049 Close: 0.8040 Mid: 0.8034 | 8 Open: 0.8040 Close: 0.7962 Mid: 0.8001 | 9 Open: 0.7962 Close: 0.7950 Mid: 0.7961 | 10 |
11 | 12 Open: 0.7955 Close: 0.7992 Mid: 0.7973 | 13 Open: 0.7992 Close: 0.7929 Mid: 0.7958 | 14 Open: 0.7929 Close: 0.7897 Mid: 0.7905 | 15 Open: 0.7897 Close: 0.7822 Mid: 0.7870 | 16 Open: 0.7822 Close: 0.7798 Mid: 0.7807 | 17 |
18 | 19 Open: 0.7803 Close: 0.7821 Mid: 0.7810 | 20 Open: 0.7816 Close: 0.7834 Mid: 0.7837 | 21 Open: 0.7834 Close: 0.7832 Mid: 0.7845 | 22 Open: 0.7832 Close: 0.7845 Mid: 0.7824 | 23 Open: 0.7845 Close: 0.7864 Mid: 0.7862 | 24 |
25 | 26 Open: 0.7869 Close: 0.7867 Mid: 0.7863 | 27 Open: 0.7867 Close: 0.7844 Mid: 0.7855 | 28 Open: 0.7844 Close: 0.7914 Mid: 0.7887 | 29 Open: 0.7914 Close: 0.7929 Mid: 0.7918 | 30 Open: 0.7929 Close: 0.7875 Mid: 0.7897 |
July - 2023
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
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2 | 3 Open: 0.7883 Close: 0.7879 Mid: 0.7880 | 4 Open: 0.7879 Close: 0.7866 Mid: 0.7867 | 5 Open: 0.7866 Close: 0.7872 Mid: 0.7867 | 6 Open: 0.7872 Close: 0.7849 Mid: 0.7857 | 7 Open: 0.7849 Close: 0.7788 Mid: 0.7820 | 8 |
9 | 10 Open: 0.7792 Close: 0.7776 Mid: 0.7807 | 11 Open: 0.7775 Close: 0.7732 Mid: 0.7755 | 12 Open: 0.7732 Close: 0.7700 Mid: 0.7721 | 13 Open: 0.7699 Close: 0.7613 Mid: 0.7656 | 14 Open: 0.7613 Close: 0.7639 Mid: 0.7624 | 15 |
16 | 17 Open: 0.7640 Close: 0.7649 Mid: 0.7645 | 18 Open: 0.7649 Close: 0.7672 Mid: 0.7647 | 19 Open: 0.7671 Close: 0.7729 Mid: 0.7719 | 20 Open: 0.7728 Close: 0.7771 Mid: 0.7751 | 21 Open: 0.7772 Close: 0.7780 Mid: 0.7776 | 22 |
23 | 24 Open: 0.7778 Close: 0.7800 Mid: 0.7788 | 25 Open: 0.7798 Close: 0.7751 Mid: 0.7778 | 26 Open: 0.7751 Close: 0.7726 Mid: 0.7741 | 27 Open: 0.7727 Close: 0.7815 Mid: 0.7759 | 28 Open: 0.7815 Close: 0.7784 Mid: 0.7797 | 29 |
30 | 31 Open: 0.7786 Close: 0.7791 Mid: 0.7782 |
August - 2023
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
1 Open: 0.7791 Close: 0.7827 Mid: 0.7818 | 2 Open: 0.7827 Close: 0.7868 Mid: 0.7848 | 3 Open: 0.7868 Close: 0.7869 Mid: 0.7890 | 4 Open: 0.7869 Close: 0.7843 Mid: 0.7849 | 5 | ||
6 | 7 Open: 0.7843 Close: 0.7823 Mid: 0.7843 | 8 Open: 0.7822 Close: 0.7844 Mid: 0.7852 | 9 Open: 0.7844 Close: 0.7862 Mid: 0.7845 | 10 Open: 0.7862 Close: 0.7890 Mid: 0.7847 | 11 Open: 0.7890 Close: 0.7876 Mid: 0.7873 | 12 |
13 | 14 Open: 0.7881 Close: 0.7884 Mid: 0.7895 | 15 Open: 0.7883 Close: 0.7872 Mid: 0.7866 | 16 Open: 0.7871 Close: 0.7856 Mid: 0.7858 | 17 Open: 0.7855 Close: 0.7846 Mid: 0.7846 | 18 Open: 0.7845 Close: 0.7853 Mid: 0.7857 | 19 |
20 | 21 Open: 0.7854 Close: 0.7839 Mid: 0.7850 | 22 Open: 0.7840 Close: 0.7853 Mid: 0.7837 | 23 Open: 0.7854 Close: 0.7861 Mid: 0.7881 | 24 Open: 0.7858 Close: 0.7937 Mid: 0.7899 | 25 Open: 0.7936 Close: 0.7951 Mid: 0.7936 | 26 |
27 | 28 Open: 0.7945 Close: 0.7937 Mid: 0.7944 | 29 Open: 0.7935 Close: 0.7909 Mid: 0.7931 | 30 Open: 0.7909 Close: 0.7861 Mid: 0.7885 | 31 Open: 0.7861 Close: 0.7891 Mid: 0.7878 |
September - 2023
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
1 Open: 0.7891 Close: 0.7944 Mid: 0.7909 | 2 | |||||
3 | 4 Open: 0.7942 Close: 0.7919 Mid: 0.7928 | 5 Open: 0.7919 Close: 0.7958 Mid: 0.7949 | 6 Open: 0.7958 Close: 0.7996 Mid: 0.7978 | 7 Open: 0.7996 Close: 0.8018 Mid: 0.8015 | 8 Open: 0.8018 Close: 0.8025 Mid: 0.8011 | 9 |
10 | 11 Open: 0.8016 Close: 0.7995 Mid: 0.7993 | 12 Open: 0.7994 Close: 0.8002 Mid: 0.8003 | 13 Open: 0.8005 Close: 0.8006 Mid: 0.8017 | 14 Open: 0.8006 Close: 0.8058 Mid: 0.8031 | 15 Open: 0.8059 Close: 0.8074 Mid: 0.8057 | 16 |
17 | 18 Open: 0.8076 Close: 0.8074 Mid: 0.8071 | 19 Open: 0.8075 Close: 0.8069 Mid: 0.8066 | 20 Open: 0.8070 Close: 0.8101 Mid: 0.8080 | 21 Open: 0.8101 Close: 0.8134 Mid: 0.8134 | 22 Open: 0.8133 Close: 0.8172 Mid: 0.8154 | 23 |
24 | 25 Open: 0.8157 Close: 0.8189 Mid: 0.8177 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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